Collapsible cabinet



June 2,` 1925. v

" M. M. LARSN coLLAPsIBLE CABINET Filed sept. 22, 1922 I .2 VEJI To Mads. M Larsen.

Patented June 2, 1925. p

UNITED STATES i '1,540,024 PATENT OFFICE. y

ItIADSl 1VI. LARSEN,`OF COLTON, CALIFORNIA.

coLLArsIBLE CABINET.

Application filed September 22, 1922. Serial No. 589,824. t

To all w/L-om t may concern.:

Be .it known that I, Mans lVLLAnsnN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colton, in the county of San Bernardino and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Collapsible Cabinets, of which the following is a speciiication. y

rlhis invention relates to receptacles, and iarticularly to a collapsible, fabriC-Walled article for containing various articles of food and other substances, as may be desired.

ltis an object of the invention toprovide aI collapsible fabric-walled cabinet or re- V ceptacle which may be constructed in any suitable dimensions and capacity. It is also an object to provide a fabric-walled collapsible receptacle of sanitary construction andv which will provide for a desired degree of ventilation to preserve the contents for a reasonal'ile period. Another object of the invention is to provide a collaiiisible, camp or out-door, food cabinet.

Other objects and advantages will be made manifest in the fellmving specification of an embodiment of the inventio-n illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein: Y y

Figure l is a perspective of the cabinet in extended suspended position ready for use;

Figure 2 is a vertical transverse section through the device;

`Figure 3 is a longitudinal central section showing the cabinet collapsed;

Figure 4- is a. perspective showing the guide strip and the attached portion of the flap of the wall.

The device is shown as comprising a fabric wall or exterior such as stout canvas 2 of suitable height, the top edge being appropriately connected to a top member 3 and the bottoni edge to a bottom member 4. ot the cabinet, these being shown as of elongated form and having rounded ends 5. One or more intermediate shelves 6 may be introduced between the top and bottom members, and these shelves are appropriately secured to the fab-ric wall 2 as by screws, tacks or other suitable fastening means 7, as are likewise the top and bottom members. The fabric Wall has meeting flap edges, preferably designed to overlap in the closed position, as shown in Figure VLand these meeting edges are providedwith suit able devices for temporarily fastening the same. in closed position.Y Such fastening devices may consist of snap fasteners, buckles or latches of any suitable type, and are conventionally indicated at 8. To provide a sufficiently tight closureat the lapping portions' of the fabric in the front of thc cabinet, the top and bottom edges of the .flaps are provided with loops l() to receive guide straps llk'which fasten as at l2 along the front edge of the top and bottom members 3 and t. -This enables the flap portions to be shifted along the top and bottom edges to a fully open position of desired extent and when the flaps are drawn together and fastened the guide straps hold the `flaps in close to the contiguous parts and thus form a suiiicientlyA tight jointto keep out fiying insects. e p

To the top vnic-niber 3A and of the fabric wall there are attached suspending loops 13 extending transversely yacross the top 3 and being attached to the contiguous ends of atop bar 14 extending longitudinally of the top and being provided with a hanger in the form of a piece of rope or other suitable element l5. By this means the collapsible Vcabinet can be readilysuspended from any primary support, as upon the'outside of a wall, or from the roof of a. porclnor from the limb of a tree in cases where the device is being utilized by campers for storage of food supplies.

The flexible wall `enables the device when not in use'to be compr-reilly folded with the shelves and top and bottom. members in upper portion close position for storage and transportaw tion. n

Further embodiments, modifications and variations may berrcsortcd to within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

A collapsible cooling cabinet, comprising a plurality of superposed shelves. a fabric wall secured to the edges of such shelves, suspending loops having` their ends secured to the fabric wall and to the uppermost shelf and extending' transversely there across, a top bar secured to the centers of` said loops, fabric members secured tothe ends of said topbar and to the ends of the uppermost shelf, and ar rope hanger secured adjacent the ends of said top bar.

In testimony whereof I have signed my naine to this specification.

MADS M. LARSEN, 

